Good evening. I was wondering how to tell if a dress bayonet was etched post war or during the war. I was looking through the sticky on the best of the worst fakes and I see several examples but do not know how to tell myself.
Thank You
Matt
post war etched dress bayonet?
Good evening. I was wondering how to tell if a dress bayonet was etched post war or during the war. I was looking through the sticky on the best of the worst fakes and I see several examples but do not know how to tell myself.
Thank You
Matt
Re: post war etched dress bayonet?
Place the photos on the forum.
Regards
Vedran
Re: post war etched dress bayonet?
Hi Milcolector,,, I will move this thread to the K98 forum,, you may post your photos there. Regards Larry
It is not the size of a Collection in History that matters......Its the size of your Passion for it!!- Larry C
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Re: post war etched dress bayonet?
Here are the photos. What concerns me most is that there is a biplane on the bayonet. I'd think that would be something for the luftwaffe. But why would the luftwaffe have an etched K98 dresss bayonet?
Re: post war etched dress bayonet?
Etchings on bayonets are all post war rubbish.
Re: post war etched dress bayonet?
Are they? I thought there were genuine examples known.
Re: post war etched dress bayonet?
All the examples I have seen are post war, I don't think the Germans would deface there own bayonets during war time, but maybe there are a few real ones.
I think some dress bayonets are period etched but there are a lot of fakes.
Re: post war etched dress bayonet?
Thats probably right. My understanding was that there were known pre -war dress bayonets with authentic etchings, but not war time ones. I agree that most of those you see are fakes, but is this one plausible? Its hard to see the quality of the etching but I think the writing says the right sort of thing.
Re: post war etched dress bayonet?
sorry you're wrong on that oneby MilitariaCollector
Re: post war etched dress bayonet?
What would be the assessment on the one posted by Millcolletor84?
It is not the size of a Collection in History that matters......Its the size of your Passion for it!!
One never knows what tree roots push to the surface of what laid buried before the tree was planted - Larry C
“The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” - Winston Churchill
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